Text: | Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire |
Translator: | John Cosin |
Tune: | VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS |
1 Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire,
And lighten with celestial fire;
Thou the anointing Spirit art
Who dost Thy sevenfold gifts impart.
2 Thy blessed unction from above
Is comfort, life, and fire of love;
Enable with perpetual light
The dullness of our blinded sight.
3 Anoint and cheer our soiled face
With the abundance of thy grace:
Keep far our foes, give peace at home;
Where thou art guide, no ill can come.
4 Teach us to know the Father, Son,
And thee, of both, to be but One;
That through the ages all along
This may be our endless song:
Praise to thy eternal merit,
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Text Information | |
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First Line: | Come, Holy Ghost, our souls inspire |
Title: | Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire |
Latin Title: | Latin |
Translator: | John Cosin (1627) |
Refrain First Line: | Praise to thy eternal merit |
Meter: | L.M. |
Publication Date: | 1972 |
Topic: | Service for the Lord's Day: After Confession and Pardon; Christian Year: Pentecost; Christian Year: Trinity Sunday |
Source: | Latin hymn, ca. 9th century |
Tune Information | |
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Name: | VENI CREATOR SPIRITUS |
Meter: | L.M. |
Key: | a minor |
Source: | Plainsong melody, Mechlin form |
Notes: | As in Pilgrim Hymnal, 1958 |